Rural people and communities in the 21st century : resilience and transformation /
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA :
Polity Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Thinking about rural places in metropolitan society. Rurality in metropolitan society ; Urbanization and population redistribution
- Rural communities, institutions and environments. Understanding community in rural society ; Community institutions in rural society ; Natural resources and social change
- Rural populations. Youth, aging and the life course ; Racial and ethnic minorities in rural areas
- Rural economy and socioeconomic wellbeing. Making a living in rural communities ; Farms, farmers and farming in contemporary rural society ; Poverty across rural people and places
- Conclusions. Rural transformations and rural policies for the future.